In Vitebsk Oblast, citizens who pay real estate tax and land payments received benefits in 2020 in the amount of Br19.7 million, or 65% of the total amount of property payments for individuals, the press service of the oblast tax inspectorate reported.

MINSK, 14 October (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has congratulated Belarusian women on Mother's Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the head of state.

The grand opening of the command-staff exercise with the CSTO peacekeeping forces "Indestructible Brotherhood - 2020" will take place on October 12 at the Losvido training ground in Vitebsk Oblast. Such information is posted on the Telegram channel of the Ministry of Defense.

MINSK, 13 October (BelTA) – Belarus has plans to reduce gas imports, Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Standardization of Belarus, Director of the Department for Energy Efficiency Mikhail Malashenko said at a press conference on 13 October, BelTA has learned.

On 10 October Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko met with members of the so-called coordinating council in the KGB detention center, BelTA has learned.

In Vitebsk Oblast, about Br2.3 million will be allocated from the oblast budget to strengthen the material and technical base and prepare for the heating season, boarding schools of all types, said Nina Kolymaga, deputy chairman of the Labor, Employment and Social Protection Committee of Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee.

The Council of Ministers has determined the winners of the national competition "Entrepreneur of the Year" based on the results of activities for 2019

MINSK, 8 October (BelTA) –The Belarusian Defense Ministry has responded to a digital message sent by a group of foreign citizens, who are members of the European Parliament, BelTA learned from the ministry's Telegram channel.

An innovative project on the creation of IT classes is being implemented in Vitebsk Oblast, said Sergey Shpakov, deputy dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Information Technologies of P.M. Masherov Vitebsk State University (VSU).

MINSK, 7 October (BelTA) - Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko had a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 7 October, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

At the meeting of the oblast executive committee, the implementation of the defense legislation in Vitebsk Oblast was analyzed. In the strategic sphere of public administration, local authorities and organizations work efficiently, the military states. However, as in any case, there are strengths, but not without shortcomings and violations. Their elimination and prevention should help improve the situation.

MINSK, 7 October (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended birthday greetings to Russian President Vladimir Putin, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian head of state.

Since the beginning of 2020, 38 water deironing stations have been commissioned in Vitebsk Oblast, and five more are planned to be launched by the end of the year. This was announced today at a session of Vitebsk Oblast Council of Deputies by the head of the main department of housing and communal services of Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Yuri Dyadelo.

MINSK, 6 October (BelTA) – Belarus should make the best possible use of its renewable forest resources, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he heard out a report on the development of the country's woodworking, pulp and paper industries on 6 October, BelTA has learned.

The decision of Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee dated September 7, 2020 No. 510 "On holding an annual oblast competition" came into force, which approved the Instruction on the procedure for holding an annual oblast competition among journalists and media outlets.

MINSK, 2 October (BelTA) – As of 2 October, 74,982 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered and have been discharged from hospitals in Belarus, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry.

MINSK, 1 October (BelTA) – A presentation of the Belarusian-Russian movement Rzhev Initiative took place in the Victory Museum in Moscow on 1 October, TASS reports.

We welcome the guests and participants of the oblast festival-fair of village workers "Dazhynki - 2020"!

An open oblast competition is announced to receive prizes from Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee for talented young scientists and specialists.

MINSK, 30 September (BelTA) – Members of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly are preparing over 30 bills to be read during the autumn session of the parliament, BelTA learned from Valentin Semenyako, Chairman of the State Building, Local Self-Government, and Regulations Commission of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus.